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Georgia Judges, Other Officials Indicted on Corruption and Human Trafficking Charges by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Federal authorities have been investigating Georgia state court judges and county officials for the past several years. The result thus far is numerous indictments and three guilty pleas on charges ranging from …
Article • February 15, 2009
Nevada Revamps Rules Regarding Sealing And Redacting Court Records by The Nevada Supreme Court approved an amendment to Part VII of the Supreme Court Rules Governing Sealing and Redacting Records in 2007. The amendment applies to all civil actions with the exception of specific statutory provisions. Due to concern by …
Article • February 15, 2009
Mississippi To Ensure Deaf Citizen's Right To Jury Participation by Harrison County (Mississippi) entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ensuring deaf and hard of hearing individuals' right to participate in circuit court programs and services. This came after Mississippi resident Charles Carver was disqualified …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Prisoner Litigation Swamps California Eastern District Court; Ninth Circuit Recruits Other Judges to Help by John Dannenberg Prisoner Litigation Swamps California Eastern District Court; Ninth Circuit Recruits Other Judges to Help by John E. Dannenberg The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, has reached a crisis stage due to …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly by Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly On May 29, 2008, thirty-four members of the civil rights group Witness Against Torture (WAT) were found guilty in …
Prison Legal News Attends CCA Shareholder Meeting by Alex Friedmann Prison Legal News Attends CCA Shareholder Meeting by Alex Friedmann From 1992 to 1998, I served time at the South Central Correctional Center in Wayne County, Tennessee, which is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private …
Class of Plaintiffs and Defendants Certified in Mental Health Suit by The plaintiff alleged that, notwithstanding a state court decision striking down the state statutory provisions for commitment of persons deemed incompetent to stand trial, those standards were still being applied at a number of Office of Mental Health facilities. …
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges to Pay for Grant Fraud by On March 10, 2008, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) agreed to settle a grant fraud case for $300,000. After being promoted to Special Projects Manager of the NCJFCJ, Serena Hulbert requested …
Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008
Court Clerk Fired for Relationship with Prisoner; Bar Complaint Against Federal Prosecutor Exposed Relationship by In August 2007, a deputy clerk at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was fired after an investigation revealed she had a personal relationship with a prisoner who flooded the courts with …
Article • August 15, 2008
Florida Judge Removed from Bench by On December 7, 2006, the Florida Supreme Court removed Seminole County Judge John R. Sloop from the bench for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. This was the third time that Judge Sloop had come to the attention of the Judicial Qualifications Committee …
Article • August 15, 2008
Florida Judge Removed from Bench by On December 7, 2006, the Florida Supreme Court removed Seminole County Judge John R. Sloop from the bench for violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. This was the third time that Judge Sloop had come to the attention of the Judicial Qualifications Committee …
Article • August 15, 2008
Washington State's Duty to Defend Officials Depends on Their Conduct by Washington state Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders appealed the denial of attorney’s fees in a complaint filed against him by the Commission on Judicial Conduct (Commission) for misconduct in 2003. The appellate court held that no state duty existed …
Compassionless Conservative Texas Judge Closes Court Promptly, Ensuring Execution by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Sharon Keller, 54, presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, has come under sharp criticism for refusing to keep the court open twenty minutes past its usual closing time to permit a late …
Georgia Sheriff, Judges, Other Officials Face Misconduct, Criminal Charges by David Reutter In November 2007 a federal grand jury issued an indictment charging Clinch County, Georgia Sheriff Winston C. Peterson, 62, with perjury, using forced prisoner labor and extorting former jail prisoners. Peterson’s indictment marked the second time in the …
Junk Bonds to Junk Science? Drug Treatment Program Questioned by Greg Dober by Gregory Dober What was worth approximately $554 million in 2007 and is valued at about $94 million today? The correct answer is the stock market value of a firm formerly known as Alaska Freightways Inc., a shell …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
When Courts Get it Wrong: Clark v. Beard by Mumia Abu-Jamal by Mumia Abu Jamal When courts decide cases, the most important elements are the law, the facts and how to apply the relevant law to the facts. When courts err in any of these elements the result is usually …
$2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner’s 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann $2 Million Confidential Settlement In CCA Prisoner's 2004 Beating Death Revealed by Alex Friedmann PLN has previously reported on the death of Estelle Richardson, a mentally ill prisoner who died at the CCA-operated Metro-Davidson County Detention …
Article • May 15, 2008 • from PLN May, 2008
South Florida Federal Court Censors Online Plea Agreements by Recently, the South Florida federal court system has been removing plea agreements from its online court docket. While a plea agreement is still reflected on the docket sheet, attempts to open the online record result in a notice that the user …
Alabama Judge Resigns Amid Prisoner Spanking Allegations and Judicial Improprieties by In the face of a looming ethics trial and allegations that he spanked male prisoners, Alabama's Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas has resigned. Thomas had been on paid suspension since March 2007 while he awaited an October 29 …
Histrionics Lesson - Phoenix New Times article on Public Records suit against Sheriff Arpaio by John Dougherty Histrionics Lesson Again, a judge bends over and allows Sheriff Joe Arpaio to sneer at Arizona's public records law By John Dougherty Published: August 11, 2005 Superior Court Judge Michael D. Jones should …
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